[ Academia ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Biosciences : Students interested in health law and the life sciences should know something about the opportunities and challenges raised by emerging technologies in the genetics field. The delineation of reproductive rights is a cutting-edge area, as is the consideration of legal limits to constrain what is becoming possible: from the cloning of cells to the collection and use of genetic information. Whether you work with health care providers or with companies that develop these new products and services, you will want to understand the current debates.

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(Same as HRP268)This course will examine the complex interrelationship between legal, political, ethical, and social issues shaping the intersection of genetics, reproductive technologies and reproductive rights. Issues discussed may included, but are not limited to: the commercialization and sale of reproductive materials like sperm, ovum, and surrogacy services; genetic technologies, prenatal genetic screening, and diagnostic testing of offspring; criminalization of reproductive decision-making such as sex-selection and genetic enhancement; stem cells, cloning, and abortion; DNA databanks and collection of genetic information; in vitro fertilization and other emerging reproductive technologies.

Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law